We could lose our beautiful Oak trees if they continue to be ravaged by a serious new disease, which according to ‘experts’ could be worse than Dutch Elm disease. It wasn’t that long ago when I didn’t care that much but as I grow older my fascination and love for the natural world increases almost exponentially. I even freed a daddy longlegs the other day and then realised how compassionate I’d been.

My favourite Oak Tree is in Marble Hill Park, near Twickenham. According to a Druid friend of mine this would be considered a Tutorial Oak which means it will attract people to it in order to share its wisdom and yet cloak itself from other, more unwanted, visitors. I wondered why so few people seemed to notice this wonderful, majestic tree.

This image was taken at the tail end of winter and you can see its beautiful symmetry. Imagine how horrified I was to find it cordoned off with a sign saying it had this disease.

Two days ago I decided to visit this Oak tree friend of mine and connect with it intuitively. I was delighted to see the cordon gone but it still doesn’t look as healthy as it should.

I sat facing the tree and tuned in intuitively to this tree’s ‘Greatness’ and the sense that I got is that it has a library of wisdom to share. For those of us who want to explore its wisdom we only have to connect and open our hearts and minds to see what it may have to offer. I then tuned in to the tree’s ‘Identity’ - that aspect of it which is more disempowered and prone to fears and anxieties. May sound weird to think a tree will have that but I decided to explore anyway. I was fascinated to discover that this tree does have its fears - fears that it will be cut down and instead of sharing its wisdom for generations to come, will be turned in to paper for other books. Then I tuned in to the obvious next action step to take and what I got was for me to learn the wisdom from this wonderful Oak tree and share it! What a project.

So I shall see what the next instalment is and post it here.